Monday, September 21, 2009

Whatsoever (1990 - 2001?)

Whatsoever is probably Bellmore's longest running band...although at the time I was filming Bellmore: The Unscene, Whatsoever had ceased being a functioning band.

Whatsoever consists of Scott Buscavage on guitar and vocals, Paul Rohback on bass and vocals, and Steve Johnson on drums – but the three were known to switch up their instruments at times. Through the years the band played all the local clubs (ie: Right Track Inn, Ground Zero, Juke Joint, Bolt, etc.), some of which I'll get to at later dates.

Whatsoever were mainly a studio band, recording in Steve Johnson's basement, a.k.a. Marv Studios – a reference to one of their songs. The band recorded just about every jam they ever had, accumulating hundreds of tapes. Whatsoever independently released three albums; Subject To Change (1994), Forloons (1996), and Leafslide (1998).

Below is Whatsoever's scene from Bellmore: The Unscene, in which Scott, Paul and Steve talk about the band, plus "video historian" Scott Jacobs and Dave Jemmott also add commentary...

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Back in 2003 I finished a documentary on the music scene from my hometown of Bellmore, Long Island. But Bellmore: The Unscene only scratched the surface of the Bellmore scene. My intentions with this blog is to dive deeper into the music and people of Bellmore. I also don't expect people outside of Bellmore to care about this blog but just in case they're interested, they're welcome to browse and learn. This will largely be the place for the people of Bellmore to replace the copy of Colonel Bastard's Horny Left Nut Band they lost or to relive an old Intellectuals show at La Serayña... amongst other things Bellmore.